Solicitor - Serious Injury London (6227)

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We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate Solicitor to join our Serious Injury (SI) team in London, working on a serious injury caseload.

Serious personal injury can have a profound and life-changing impact on individuals and their families. At Irwin Mitchell, our Serious Injury teams don’t just handle compensation claims; we work closely with clients and their loved ones to ensure all rehabilitation and wider legal needs are supported. Our serious injury solicitors pride themselves on making a genuine difference, helping clients live their lives as fully as possible after a serious injury.

You will join our market-leading London Serious Injury team, working alongside Chani Dhaliwal, Partner and Anna Pask, Legal Director. The team supports and advises adults and children who have sustained brain, spinal cord, amputation or other serious, life-changing injuries. You will have your own caseload as well as assisting the senior lawyers in the team with their cases.

In this role, you’ll work closely with clients, providing exceptional legal advice to help achieve the best possible outcomes. As a key member of the Serious Injury team, you’ll play an active role in helping the team meet its objectives. As an experienced solicitor within Serious Injury, you will also have the opportunity to train and mentor colleagues, with full support and guidance to help you develop.

Receiving client instructions and delivering clear, accurate, and practical legal advice Managing your own caseload of serious injury cases independently Assisting senior lawyers on high value, complex cases including brain, amputation and spinal cord injury cases Play a key role in the team’s business development, contributing to the continued growth of the department Work both collaboratively and independently, taking a thorough and proactive approach to your case work NQ-2 years PQE, ideally with some experience in Serious Injury cases. Strong commercial acumen with the confidence and drive to lead business development initiatives, building relationships and elevating the team’s market presence. Ambition, energy, and genuine enthusiasm for Serious Injury law. Empathy and compassion to support clients through challenging personal circumstances 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too. Generous and flexible pension schemes. Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid) Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

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As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks ­with our trusted 3rd parties.

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